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Chinese symbol for “evergreen”

常青
cháng qīng
evergreen

The closest CC-CEDICT match for evergreen is 常青 (cháng qīng), defined as: evergreen.

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Characters and stroke order

常 cháng
common, general, normal; always, frequently, regularly
radical 50 ⼱ · 11 strokes
青 qīng
nature's color; blue, green, black; young
radical 174 ⾭ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “evergreen”

WordPinyinMeaning
常绿 (常綠)cháng lǜevergreen
长青 (長青)cháng qīng(literary) evergreen; enduring (friendship etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 常青.

WordPinyinMeaning
非常fēi chángvery; really; unusual; extraordinary
经常 (經常)jīng chángfrequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
正常zhèng chángnormal; regular
通常tōng chángregular; usual; normal; usually; normally
日常rì chángday-to-day; daily; everyday
常常cháng chángfrequently; often
青年qīng niányouth; youthful years
青少年qīng shào niánadolescent; youth

See also: Japanese symbol for “evergreen”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.